Infant Mortality

News about Infant Mortality, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 9, 2015

Program under which nurses pay home visits to poor, first-time mothers to help teach them how to be parents is part of sweeping federal push to lower nation's infant mortality rate; Nurse-Family Partnership, paid for under Affordable Care Act, is meant to counter generational effects of poverty, giving young women confidence to take charge of their lives when other support systems, including family, have failed. MORE

Mar. 3, 2015

Study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that India's high infant mortality rate can be blamed on relatively poor health of mothers; many young women are severely anemic due to poor sanitation and cultural bias that allows them less food than other family members. MORE

Dec. 4, 2014

Number of infants born in India with antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections continues to rise at alarming rates; more than 58,000 such infant deaths occurred in 2013 alone; many researchers say evidence is overwhelming that significant share of bacteria present in India are immune to nearly all antibiotics, expressing worry that so-called superbugs could have global implications. MORE

Sep. 17, 2014

United Nations reports significant declines in rates of child mortality and hunger globally, but warns that trends are persisting in parts of Africa and South Asia despite major health care advances and better food production; observes that while goal of halving the number of hungry people by 2015 is still within reach, second goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds is years behind schedule. MORE

Oct. 23, 2013

Eduardo Porter Economic Scene contends the Affordable Care Act’s benefits for pregnant women have the potential to lower relatively high infant mortality rates and could provide Americans with an alternative view of how government can serve society. MORE

Sep. 29, 2013

Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column notes that extreme poverty and child mortality rates are receding across the globe; contends that amid all kinds of depressing news worldwide, fact that extreme poverty and disease that characterized life for most people throughout history may be finally on its way out,is welcome news. MORE

May. 8, 2013

Save the Children report finds that 14 countries in Africa have the highest rates of first-day newborn deaths. MORE

Apr. 18, 2013

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nation's infant mortality rate fell by 12 percent from 2005 through 2011, promising pattern that may be due in part to decline in premature births; 2011 rate was 6.05 deaths of babies less than 1 year old per 1,000 births. MORE

Oct. 15, 2011

Several health programs nationwide offer care and attention to mothers to help reduce rate of infant mortality for black babies, who are statistically more than twice as likely to die than white babies before the age of one year; however, health officials implementing programs, like Healthy Start in Pittsburgh, PA, say apathy and state and federal budget cuts are hampering their progress. MORE

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Social marginalization and mistrust of modern medicine have caused high infant mortality rates among indigenous communities in Bolivia. Efforts over the last 10 years seek to stem the crisis while respecting traditions.

India has the highest number of newborn deaths in the world — nearly 780,000 babies under 28 days old die every year, with many deaths happening within 24 hours of birth, according to a series on newborn survival in The Lancet that was published...

The Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs enjoy bipartisan support. Locally run programs successfully reduce infant mortality and increase longer term family success. So Congress has extended the funding for the federal-state...